Do you love Reddit’s content, but wish it was organized differently? Try out a Reddit client for Windows. These third-party programs arrange the content you already love in a way you just might find yourself preferring – subreddits in columns, notifications in your system tray or a quick summary what’s going on just a popup window away. Advanced features even deliver text-only versions of articles and automatically pull down images, vastly increasing the efficiency of your time-wasting.

Those who use Twitter know about Twitter clients6 Of The Best Free Desktop Twitter Clients [Windows & Mac]6 Of The Best Free Desktop Twitter Clients [Windows & Mac]These 6 free desktop Twitter clients will allow you to interact with all of Twitter’s goodness without having to pop open a new browser tab. These programs run in the background and continually update with...Read More: third party programs that bring the features of the popular social networking site to the desktop. Such clients typically offer features not part of the web experience, such as support for multiple accounts or embedded content from links. Some like them for the desktop notifications alone. There used to be hundreds of Twitter clients, but they’ve seen a decline recently.

There aren’t many desktop Reddit clients right now – the idea hasn’t taken off in a big way. But there are a few, and if you’re at all interested in streamlining your Reddit experience I highly recommend you check them out.

Are you confused about Reddit in general? Read our Reddit manual, then come back. We’ll start with the most full-featured Reddit client and outline some simpler ones.

Simply put, this is currently the best Reddit client for Windows out there. All of your subreddits are organized into tiles, full-text versions of articles are embedded above comments thanks to Readability, and all images can be quickly previewed by simply hovering your mouse.

And, of course, you can comment, post and vote from within the program. It really unifies the Reddit experience. It’s a project that’s underway, and you might run into a few bugs, but if you consider yourself a power-user of Reddit there’s no reason not to check out Reditr today.

Browse your favorites – you can even see a full version of a linked-to website alongside the Reddit-powered comments.

But that’s not the only Reddit app offered in the Microsoft Store: it’s simply the top-rated one. If you don’t like Reddit To Go there’s always Snoo for Reddit and Charming Reddit, two Windows 8 clients for Reddit we’ve yet to review here. Their layout and function is similar to RedditToGo in my experience, but if you prefer one app over another please, let us know below.

But a replacement start menu isn’t the only thing Pokki brings – there are also a couple of Reddit apps that bring the best of the web to your taskbar. Reddi, for example, is a quick way to see what’s popular on Reddit. You sadly cannot sign into your account, but if all you want is the occasional distraction, Reddi provides a quick popup for the task

Browser Plugins Of Note

We’ve drifted from desktop clients at this point, but no list of Reddit power tools is complete without bringing up the Reddit Enhancement Suite. This browser – for most major browsers – adds a variety of functions to Reddit you won’t believe weren’t there to begin with. Check out Josh’s piece on using Reddit like a boss Use Reddit Like A Boss With This Combo PackageUse Reddit Like A Boss With This Combo PackageToday, we're going to take a look at a couple of browser extensions that will enhance your Reddit experience. One of them is an old fogey, so you might of already heard of it by...Read Morefor more information – you’ll be glad you did.

If you’re an Apple fan, know that Alien Blue is a superb iPad app for Reddit.

Know Of Any Others?

I have to say, I was surprised how hard it was to find a wide variety of desktop Reddit clients for Windows. Do you know of any others? If so, please share them in the comments below, along with your thoughts about the above choices.

Justin Pot is a technology journalist based in Portland, Oregon. He loves technology, people and nature – and tries to enjoy all three whenever possible. You can chat with Justin on Twitter, right now.